Reliability and versatility of the Wise pattern, medial pedicle for breast reduction in South Africa

Background: Breast hypertrophy is a condition of abnormal enlargement of the breast which may continue until each breast weighs more than 1.5 kg (macromastia) or even more than 2 kg (gigantomastia). Supporting such heavy weights leads to cervical and upper thoracic back pain, costochondritis, and fu...

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Main Authors: Marietha Nel, Elias Ndobe, Aylwyn Mannell, Letlhogonolo Brian Andrew Monaisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845019300326